DESIREE STAPLES
- SAG-AFTRA,
- AEA (EMC)
- COMEDY REEL (Performance Video) Quicktime
- COMEDY: The Influencers (Performance Video) Quicktime
- COMEDY clip (Performance Video) Quicktime
- DRAMA (Performance Video) Quicktime
- SINGING (Performance Video)
Quicktime
"Don't Cry Out Loud" by Peter Allen
- VOICEOVER DEMO (Audio Tracks) Quicktime
Résumé Print Résumé
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Bravo Talent Management (IL) (847) 428-4401 / (312) 554-5122 Models, Print, Product Print, Theatrical FireStarter Entertainment (CA) Theatre: (213) 531-0547 x 701 / TV/Film: (213) 531-0547 x 713 FireStarter Entertainment (NY) 212-651-9042 x 701 Smith Young Talent Agency (GA) (470) 440-1500 SAG-AFTRA, Theatrical Smith Young Talent Agency - LA (CA) (310) 526-3030 |
TELEVISION/NEW MEDIA | ||
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Immigrant / Unt. Chippendales Project |
Co-Star |
HULU / dir. Matt Shakman |
In The Cut |
Guest Star |
Bounce TV/Bentley Kyle Evans |
Family Massacre |
Co-Star |
Oxygen/dir. Chris Rowe |
It's What She Would Have Wanted (Mill Valley, LA Shorts) |
Series Regular |
Pilot/dir. Nate Trinrud |
Dumped |
Co-Star |
Issa Rae Presents’/Ciji C. |
Stupid Cupid |
Recurring |
NY Media/NY Life/Sarah Hunt |
The Influencers (LA Femme, Dances With Films Pilots) |
Series Regular |
Pilot/dir. Katie Burris |
500 lb Man (15 Million Views on Clickhole/The Onion) |
Lead |
Clickhole/Karl Blomberg |
FILM | ||
My Divorce Party |
Starring |
Dir. Heidi Weitzer |
Scrap |
Supporting |
Dir. Vivian Kerr |
Take Me To Tarzana |
Supporting |
Dir: Maceo Greenberg |
Swipe Up, Vivian (Outfest) |
Lead |
Dir: Hannah Welever |
Life (Cannes Film Festival 2019) |
Lead |
Dir: Johanna Nystroem |
Saving Santa (Silver State Film Festival, Indie Short Fest) |
Starring |
Dir: Lauren Richards |
Wine Bottles (Silver State Film Festival, Her Night of Film) |
Starring |
Dir: Kay Tuxford |
Pressure (Dances with Films) |
Lead |
Dir: Adria Dawn |
Ginger |
Supporting |
Dir: Johnny Woj |
THEATRE (Partial List) | ||
Kafka's The Trial (Off-Broadway) |
Leni |
The Cherry Lane Theater/NY |
Empire Burlesque |
Principal Performer |
The Broad/Dan Castellaneta |
Dream Ticket (NYC Premiere) |
Wanda Puffin |
NYC Fringe/Ryan Bernsten |
On The Town |
Ensemble/Lounge Singer U/S performed |
Marriott Lincolnshire Chicago |
Legally Blonde |
Paulette Bonafonte |
Northwestern University |
Putnam County Spelling Bee |
Rona Lisa Peretti |
Northwestern University |
Cabaret |
Fraulein Kost |
Northwestern University |
The Drowsy Chaperone |
The Chaperone |
Northwestern University |
TRAINING | ||
Acting |
Doug Warhit |
Saxon Trainor |
Auditioning for Film/TV |
Lisa London |
Ongoing since September 2020 |
Formal |
Northwestern University |
BA- Drama/Musical Theater |
Stella Adler Summer Conservatory |
Acting Studio Chicago |
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Comedy |
UCB - performed in Sketch Show 301 |
Second City Chicago |
Commercial |
Ross Lacy Alyson Horn |
Killian McHugh |
Additional |
Sketch Writing |
Great @ Improvisation |
Shakespeare |
Stella Adler Conservatory |
NY |
Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'8" |
Weight: 155 lbs |
Eyes: Blue |
Hair Color: Brown |
Hair Length: Long |
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GREAT AT COMEDY, Equestrian - English, Hula Hoop, Running - General, Snow Skiing - General, Swimming - ability - general, Tennis, Volleyball, Yoga, Comedian, Dance Jazz, Host, Improvisation, Singer, Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano, Vocal Style: Belt, Voiceover, American - Southern Accent, British - BBC English Accent, British - Cockney Accent, Irish Accent, Scottish Accent
With training from Northwestern University, Desiree excels in dramedies, as she showcases in her recent lead role in the dark comedy feature film “My Divorce Party” opposite Rumer Willis. After wrapping this winter, Desiree took to the stage in downtown Chicago, performing a 3-month run of a lead role in the new comedy farce “A Recipe for Disaster,” conceived by Celebrity Chef Rick Bayless. She returned to LA during her run to film a co-star role in the new Untitled Chippendales Project/Immigrant on Hulu.